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Your reply "illustrates the [great] difficulty you have in exegeting and interpreting scripture in its context. Deut 30 contains the same kind of tension between the sovereignty of God and the the moral responsibility of man. You conveniently overlook the future promise of heart circumcision...

God doesn't "cause" man to sin. Man himself sins! God doesn't twist arms to force anyone to sin. Rather, in the negative sense God removes or withholds restraining grace to give man a longer leash with which to hang himself! God doesn't "hang" anyone; he just allows men to do what comes...

What was utterly dumb was Kroog's attempt to romanticize slavery and downplay its seriousness. Also, your assumption that if a man chooses to "ask God" proves he has "freewill" involves circular reasoning; for it fails to take into account that God could have efficaciously enabled him to ASK...

If God desires all men to be saved, then why didn't he perform a miracle by opening the eyes and unstopping the ears of the ancient Hebrews in the wilderness (Deut 29:4-9) so that He would be able to impart spiritual understanding to them? And if v. 9 is teaching spiritual ability, as you...

Context determines how words are used. I explained the context to you, but it's above my pay grade to make you understand it. God revealed Himself to the Hebrews through his external signs and wonders; but He did not reveal Himself internally to their hearts, which accounts for their hostile...

Of course, "every slave could..."! Why would any slave need Jesus to break them out of their prison? Man's mighty "freewill" is sufficient for all impossible tasks.

"Like it or not" the contrast is clearly in the passage. It's utterly amazing that I have to explain this to an adult! Deut 29:3 talks about physical and visible signs, wonders that were actually seen and heard by the physical eyes and ears of the Hebrews. But v. 4 talks about things of the...

The absence of saving grace within most of the Hebrews' hearts had the inevitable result of them living according to their sin nature. Look what happened to Pharaoh after God withdrew his restraining grace from him. How can anyone be proud and not be disobedient? :rolleyes: You're sounding...

Pick any one point in my argument and refute it with biblical proof.

Also, one of the English definitions of "yet" is HOWEVER or NEVERTHELESS. And, no, YHWH is not double-minded. Don't you know that God did eventually give his chosen people a NEW HEART under a promise of HIS New Covenant? Have you totally lost your memory?

Of course, the people deserved it and brought it upon themselves. Haven't you ever read that God opposes the proud ( and gives grace only to the humble? Do you need biblical proof of this fact? P.S. Your favorite NKJV translation (except when it isn't) begins v. 4 with "YET" and the ESV...

If you had noticed why did you complain to me about a lack of explanation. I questioned you on the passage to see if you noticed anything "odd" and you came with with a complaint of lack of explanation. 3. I need nothing explained re Heb. 3:12-19. 4. Re Deut. 29: 4: We notice that Moses...

But FWers don't believe that salvation is a supernatural act of God. Salvation is achieved by a mere natural act of the human will.

. "More sinless"!??? How can anyone improve upon a superlative? I guess you believe some women are more pregnant than other pregnant women? Or that Christ was more sinless than other sinners? :rolleyes:

I asked you a few questions about how you think children are born, and you didn't answer one. You chose none of the options I provided. Not only that I asked you to provide biblical proof for your answer, which obviously you cannot. In other words, you're blowing smoke in everyone's because...

So, you are saying that the Deut passage itself wasn't specific enough for you!? Do you have a special translation of the bible that underlines or highlights what the translators consider to be "specific"? Why is it that I noticed the "tension" between those two verses, yet you did not? One...

And you see children as utterly.....???? Sinless? Perfect? Righteous? Good? Holy? Innocent? And of course, you can back up what you think you see about them from scripture?

I'm not surprised. BUT...Here's the passage again...this time I'll highlight certain texts. Perhaps the Lord will put salve on your eyes to cure your blindness. Deut 29:1-9 29:1 The Covenant Renewed in Moab These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the...

Bye, bye... Don't let the door hit ya on the way out...

I see children the same way scripture does. So, please...save your pity for yourself since you are blind to what scripture teaches about them. Gen 8:21 21 The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every...